PICKWICK SATURDAY

There is some talk here at work today about a boat wreck on Pickwick Saturday. Supposedly two boats ran together in th fog and two men killed. Anyone heard anything?

Aint heard nuthin, other than the wreck on KY lake.

What about Kentucky Lake I haven't heard anything about it.

Would not be the first time it has happened on Pickwick. If they do not do something to make these tournaments a lot safer and control them more than do they. Will happen again and again. I watched a Skeeter run right over the back end of an Allison several years ago. Just missed taking the guys head off in the back of the Allison. Flipped that boat over and all 4 people in the two boats were ejected. Luckly, nobody was hurt in either boat. Watched the Skeeter run smack into a rock wall and put a big hole in it. The Allison was towed back to Indian Creek upside down. Hooked two 4 wheel drive trucks to it and pulled it back over. Needless to say, that boat was totaled.

I watched a boat load of drunks leave their boat slip one night and crash into the little island there on the left @ Yellow creek just after you past the no wake bouys @ state line. Does that count? http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif

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Gary heres the KY incident.

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From Bass Fan:
Tragedy at KY Lake 10/8/2010
An accident this morning at Barkley Lake claimed the life of a co-angler fishing the BFL Regional there.

Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife public-affairs officer Sgt. Garry Clark issued the following statement to BassFan about the accident.

"Two bass boats in two different tournaments collided on Barkley Lake near Kuttawa, Ky. at approximately 7:15 this morning," Clark said. "One boat was fishing the Renegade Bass Classic, and there were two people on that boat. The two people in the other boat were fishing the BFL Regional bass tournament. They were on Barkley out in the main channel – one heading east, the other heading west. They came on a collision course and collided with each other. When they realized they were on the same course they tried to make amends and still collided.

"On the (Renegade) boat, it ejected the operator but he had his lifejacket and killswitch on and it didn't hurt him. (Both the driver and the passenger) were unhurt. In the other boat, the passenger did have the boat hit him and he died on the scene. The driver was okay – he had his safety stuff on too. He was practicing safety as far as having the killswitch hooked up and lifejacket on while moving."

Sgt. Clark added that the deceased was a 41-year-old male from Eupora, Miss.

According to FLW Outdoors standings and pairings for the event, Freddy McCrory was the only co-angler in the event from Eupora, Miss. His boater today was David "Scotty" Young. Young, a Kentucky Lake legend, survived a terrible boating accident in October 2007 at the Kentucky Lake BFL Regional that resulted in lacerations to his head and a neck injury that required surgery. His accident apparently occurred when his boat contacted underwater structure. Young's motor became dislodged and struck him. His partner then was uninjured.

The sport grieves.